Cruise ship hit by hantavirus outbreak arrives in Tenerife
Health officials said 76 passengers had already left the ship as the outbreak is managed under strict isolation and repatriation protocols.
- The MV Hondius cruise ship, affected by a hantavirus outbreak causing three deaths, arrived off Tenerife on May 10 to begin evacuating up to 147 people, including 22 British nationals, who remain onboard under strict isolation and health checks.
- Passengers of over 20 nationalities are being evacuated by small boats to Tenerife airport and then flown to hospitals or quarantine facilities in their respective countries, with all passengers recommended a 42-day quarantine by WHO.
- The outbreak involves the Andes strain of hantavirus, known for rare human-to-human transmission through close contact, prompting extensive contact tracing and safety measures; authorities emphasize the low risk to the general public.
- Thirty crew members remain onboard as the ship sails to the Netherlands for disinfection; the evacuation is coordinated by WHO, Spanish authorities, and affected countries, with rigorous health checks and no luggage taken off the ship.
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The hantavirus-hit MV Hondius after docking in the Granadilla Port in Tenerife. Photo: Getty Images Discussions are ongoing with international partners on options to repatriate a New Zealander aboard a Dutch-flagged luxury cruise ship hit by a deadly strain of hantavirus.
MADRID.– The 14 Spanish passengers of the MV Hondius cruise landed this Sunday in the Spanish capital in the midst of an unprecedented health security operation that moved them from Tenerife to the Gómez Ulla military hospital. Authorities plan to encapsulate them during a quarantine within Spain’s most advanced bunker for infectious diseases. Patients, for now asymptomatic, remain under observation while conducting the first tests to determine …
The cruise ship Hondius, where the hantavirus outbreak occurred, arrived in the port of Tenerife on Sunday morning. Three people died from the virus, including a Dutch couple. The remaining passengers are being evacuated. Follow the developments in our live blog.
After 40 days of crossing, the MV Hondius entered this Sunday at 6.00 in the port of Granadilla de Abona, south of Tenerife. On board, 152 people who have lived on the cruise before a great international expectation an outbreak of the variant of the Andes of hantavirus, with three deaths so far. On land, political authorities and more than 300 accredited journalists from 60 media outlets, an evacuation operation that has involved 23 countries an…
Evacuation flights leave Tenerife after cruise ship hantavirus outbreak
Groups of passengers and crew disembarked from a cruise ship hit by a deadly hantavirus outbreak on Sunday to be evacuated to their home countries where they will isolate according to national protocols to prevent further spread of the disease. Government planes carrying Spanish and French nationals landed in Madrid and Paris, where the passengers were transported to hospitals, according to the two countries’ governments. One of the five Frenc…
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